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[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 41 points 1 day ago

Hezbollah operates out of Lebanon, and the hostages are in Gaza? They have nothing to do with each other…

[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago

Thanks. I honestly haven’t been following it all closely. (I guess that’s obvious from my last comment). But why blow up a bunch of people in Lebanon?

[-] homura1650@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Because tensions between Hezbollah and Israel have been steadily rising since October 7th because of Hzebollah's objection to how Israel is acting in Gaza. To be clear, prior to October 7th, tensions were already high enough that they would regularly lob bombs at each other. Today's "escalated" tensions include northern Israel being evacuated due to threats from Hezbolla's rocket attacks.

At this point, it is clear that the options available to Israel are to either withdraw from Gaza and hope Hezbolla stands down, or end up in a full war with Hezbolla. Historians will say that the war with Hezbolla started months ago, and this was just one attack among many.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This might help to clarify.

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